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embarrassment

英[ɪmˈbærəsmənt]
美[ɪmˈbærəsmənt]

基本释义

  • n.尴尬; 难堪(的事); 使人为难(或难堪)的人

词性变化

实用例句

Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody had been listening to her singing.

她意识到大家一直在听她唱歌,感到很不好意思。

牛津词典

Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.

她的辞职将使党处于极度的困境。

牛津词典

I'm glad you offered─it saved me the embarrassment of having to ask.

你提出帮忙我很高兴,省得我厚着脸皮来问你。

牛津词典

I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.

他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。

牛津词典

It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low...

酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。

I think I would have died of embarrassment...

我觉得自己难堪得要死。

The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you.

从道格拉斯娶你那天起,你就让我们非常难堪。

The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多,大多数作品无处陈放。

He smiled away her embarrassment.

他以微笑解除了她的窘态.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Their embarrassment convicted them.

他们的窘迫说明了他们有错误.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, what with three theatres and lovely countryside too.

斯特拉福特值得游览的地方太多了, 有三家剧院,还有可爱的乡村.

《简明英汉词典》

Her blush told of her embarrassment.

她脸红显露出她的困窘.

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The girl's face was aflame with embarrassment.

那姑娘窘得涨红了脸.

《简明英汉词典》

Embarrassment caused me to hesitate.

窘迫使得我(讲话)吞吞吐吐.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She could have died away with embarrassment.

她窘迫得要死.

《简明英汉词典》

His face flushed with embarrassment.

他尴尬得满脸通红.

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His face reddened with embarrassment.

他窘得脸都红了.

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She went crimson with embarrassment.

她羞得满脸通红.

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Blushes showed her embarrassment.

她双颊发红,一副窘态.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Her face was flushed with embarrassment.

她尴尬得满脸通红.

《简明英汉词典》

The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.

这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬.

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He could not hide his embarrassment.

他无法掩盖自己的窘态.

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I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.

他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She went bright pink with embarrassment.

她尴尬得满脸绯红。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She went scarlet with embarrassment.

她窘得满脸通红。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.

政府只是在模棱两可地拖延时间,企图掩盖自己的政治窘态。

柯林斯例句

The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多,大多数作品无处陈放。

柯林斯例句

The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.

一旦披露出去,真相会让人非常尴尬。

柯林斯例句

It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low.

酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict- ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

with them, there's not the same embarrassment as when buying one carrot in a little greengrocer.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

  • 2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy);

    "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

  • 3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed;

    "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

  • 4. extreme excess;

    "an embarrassment of riches"

同义词辨析

shame, disgrace, embarrassment, dishonour

这些名词均含"丢脸,羞愧"之意。

  • shame: 多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声,使他人认为"丢脸"、"可耻"。
  • disgrace: 常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
  • embarrassment: 多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
  • dishonour: 指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。

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